{"id":223,"date":"2009-09-09T20:08:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T00:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2009-09-09T20:11:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T00:11:22","slug":"roefaro-mailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Roefaro mailing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a> is taking at shot at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofutica.com\/Mayor\" target=\"_blank\">Utica Mayor David Roefaro<\/a>. \u00a0The Observer-Dispatch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uticaod.com\/news\/x581519724\/NRA-mailer-targeting-Roefaro-hits-local-mailboxes\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Members of the National Rifle Association and the administration of Mayor David Roefaro verbally fired back and forth Wednesday, after an NRA mailer targeting the mayor showed up in some city mailboxes. The mailer focused on the Roefaro\u2019s involvement of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mayors Against Illegal Guns<\/a>,\u201d &#8230; \u201cThey claim they are for illegal guns, yet every single one of their proposals goes after law-abiding gun-owners,\u201d said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulandam &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Mayor&#8217;s response is amusing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; \u201cAndrew\u2019s obviously speaking on behalf of an organization that has lost touch with not only the roots of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\">second amendment<\/a> but also the roots of public safety,\u201d said Roefaro &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Roefaro is up for re-election in &#8217;11.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D223&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=223\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=223\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=223\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRA is taking at shot at Utica Mayor David Roefaro. \u00a0The Observer-Dispatch reports: &#8220;Members of the National Rifle Association and the administration of Mayor David Roefaro verbally fired back and forth Wednesday, after an NRA mailer targeting the mayor showed up in some city mailboxes. 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